Violence in American Schools: An Overview (From Violence in American Schools: A New Perspective, P 3-28, 1998, Delbert S. Elliott, Beatrix A. Hamburg, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-185565)

• NCJ Number: 185566
• Author(s): Delbert S. Elliott; Beatrix Hamburg; Kirk R. Williams
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 26 pages
• Sale Source: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

This chapter reviews research literature on violence in schools and responses to the problem and summarizes the book’s 12 subsequent papers, with emphasis on the need to use these research findings to inform violence prevention programs and initiatives in schools and communities and to influence local and national policymaking.

Abstract

The real or perceived problem of in schools has aroused public concern, has influenced school programs and operations, and has led to public policies that emphasize increasingly harsh punishment of juveniles. The other 12 papers in the volume focus on how to develop and implement an effective violence prevention effort during the adolescent developmental period of heightened risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of violence. The articles in the volume present current theory and research findings in the social and behavioral sciences. The articles aim to aid understanding of the interplay of personal attributes and dispositions and contextual conditions that enhance or reduce the chances that particular youth will become involved in serious forms of violent behavior during their adolescent years. The analysis concludes that improvements in this area of knowledge in recent years can inform both program and policy decisions. Notes and 66 references